Mike Quigley

Last week's shooting in San Bernardino, California, happened to be the second shooting of the day and the 355th of the year, equating to more mass shootings than days in the year. The social media pages of some of the most influential…

Weeks ago, this body avoided a government shutdown by passing the Bipartisan Budget Act. Now we have to pass an omnibus. Unfortunately, many of our appropriations bills contain divisive policy riders that threaten to create another…

This week, more than 40,000 negotiators from 196 governments have descended on the French capital for the Paris climate summit. This summit provides the world with a critical opportunity to take a significant step toward creating an…

When the average American wants to learn about a policy, where do they turn for information? Often, the answer is the 24-hour news cycle, often filled by talking heads and sensationalism; or, to social media and message boards, where…

John Muir, a naturalist, author, and environmental philosopher, once said, ``When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.'' This couldn't be truer when it comes to the effect climate…

Last week the House finally came to its senses and overwhelmingly passed the reauthorization of the Export- Import Bank. I am encouraged to see that it has been included in the long-term highway bill we will be considering this week. We…

As LGBT History Month draws to a close, I rise today to recognize Chicago LGBT activist Henry Gerber, a man well ahead of his time. Mr. Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights in 1924. It was the first chartered gay rights organization…

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan wrote to then-Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, urging him to raise the debt ceiling. In his letter, he said: ``The risks, the costs, the disruptions, and the incalculable damage lead me to but one…

This morning, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that last month was the warmest September in recorded history. Our reality can no longer be ignored. Climate change is here, and communities across the…

Last Thursday Americans witnessed yet another tragedy with the fatal shooting of nine people in Roseburg, Oregon, five young kids who had so much more life left to live, three adults who had gone back to school to better themselves and…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has described the Republican House and Senate as a ``responsible right-of- center governing majority.'' But how responsible is it that we are about to start a new fiscal year with no plan for how to…

The right to choice, the right for a woman to have control of her own body is guaranteed by the Constitution and has been for 40 years. Defunding Planned Parenthood will not change that. Instead, defunding Planned Parenthood would lead to…

There was a time when climate change was a concern for future generations, a time when we focused on predicting the possible problems and brainstorming the possible solutions, a time when the threat was real, but we still had time to act…

For the past 40 years, antichoice politicians have convinced Congress to maintain Hyde amendment language while pushing for restricting access even further. For four decades, the Hyde amendment has denied too many women their…

We are 16 days away from the latest expiration of the highway trust fund. This is nothing new. Over the last 6 years, Congress has passed 33 stop-gap funding bills to extend transportation funding. Today we will vote on the 34th. Congress…

Ronald Reagan once said: ``Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.'' When President Reagan made those remarks in 1980, he recognized then what many can't seem to understand now: efforts to undermine…

Last week, nine parishioners were shot and killed inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, one of the oldest African American churches in the United States. In the days following the horrific tragedy…

The sciences and the facts don't lie. Congress has stood here for too long debating the truth about climate change. What is there to debate? More than 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies are in agreement. Climate change is real, and…

As Members of Congress continue to debate whether or not climate change is real, Americans are paying the price. To the climate doubters that I serve with, I will remind them that there are over 200 peer-reviewed scientific studies that…

Mark Twain once said that ``action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.'' Since last week's tragic Amtrak accident, we have heard plenty of words about the need for stronger rail safety measures and investments in our…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Garamendi

I respect Chairman Simpson's request that language be included in the E and W report to require a red team assessment of the affordability of this program. All I am adding to that is, if we have questions about the affordability of this…

Over the next decade, the U.S. is set to spend hundreds of billions of dollars operating and upgrading our nuclear arsenal. But in this budget environment, every dollar we spend to keep our outdated and oversized nuclear arsenal…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 29, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $167,050,000)''. Page 57, line 11, after the dollar amount…

It seems like this is going to place a big burden on them because there is just no guarantee, once you kick people off the program, that a job appears.